Re: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-02 Thread Carlo Florendo
> Sorry to but-in :-) > > Now, I havent't been following this thread *bad me* but is the problem that > once you've typed say over 60 characters on the prompt it then starts > overwritting the prompt instead of carrying onto the next line? > > If not, Sorry for buttin-in...I'll but-out now ;-) > >

Re: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-01 Thread Elfyn McBratney
> If not, Sorry for buttin-in...I'll but-out now ;-) Sorry, read the thread now! Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://c

Re: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-01 Thread Elfyn McBratney
Sorry to but-in :-) Now, I havent't been following this thread *bad me* but is the problem that once you've typed say over 60 characters on the prompt it then starts overwritting the prompt instead of carrying onto the next line? If not, Sorry for buttin-in...I'll but-out now ;-) Regards, Elfy

RE: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-01 Thread Rolf Campbell
> -Original Message- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:01 PM > To: Rolf Campbell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bash & $PS1 (display error) > > > Rolf, > > That's hardly surprising. I

RE: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-01 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 10:15 2003-02-01, Rolf Campbell wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bash & $PS1 (display error) > > > At 20:37 2003-01-31, Rolf Cam

RE: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-02-01 Thread Rolf Campbell
> -Original Message- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 2:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: bash & $PS1 (display error) > > > At 20:37 2003-01-31, Rolf Campbell wrote: > >My prompt is

RE: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-01-31 Thread Randall R Schulz
At 20:37 2003-01-31, Rolf Campbell wrote: My prompt is (from the script below) "PS1='$PWD> '". All of the characters are 'printable' and none are \[\] enclosed. Rolf, Is 'printable' different than plain old printable? Anyway, I can repeat this (and other concomitant artifacts, too). It loo

RE: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-01-31 Thread Rolf Campbell
My prompt is (from the script below) "PS1='$PWD> '". All of the characters are 'printable' and none are \[\] enclosed. > -Original Message- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:01 PM > To:

Re: bash & $PS1 (display error)

2003-01-31 Thread Randall R Schulz
Rolf, Assuming some of your prompt is non-printing (escape sequences) offset those non-printing portions with \[backslash-escaped square brackets\]. That tells BASH (and / or the readline library it incorporates) not to count those portions for the purpose of wrapping the displayed input lines.